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s. HA ERQ HOSE UOUPLING. No. 293.453. Patented Feb."1 2,1 B84.

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sAMUEL HAMER, or SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY.

HOSE-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,453, dated February12, 1884.

Application filed September 27; 1883. (No model.)

I aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HAMER, of Salt Lake City, in the county ofSalt Lake and Territory of Utah, have inventeda new and ImprovedHose-Qoupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedhose-coupling which can be locked so that it cannot become uncoupledaccidentally.

The invention consists in a hose-coupling formed of a fork held by linksto a socket on one hose-section, and adapted to catch on studsprojecting from a neck on the opposite hosesection, said fork beingprovided with a spring for looking it in place when the hosesections arecoupled.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my irnprovedhose-coupling,showing the two hosesections uncoupled. Fig. 2 is a like view, showingthem coupled; Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing the two sections coupled,parts being broken out and others shown in section.

On the end of one hosesection, A, a tubular socket, B, is held andfastened, which is adaptthe fork F, near the ends, the opposite endsofthe said links being pivoted to the outside of the socket B atdiametrically-opposite points.

The fork F is thus held to the socket B by the links, and can bedetached entirely from the neck 0, which can turn freely after havingbeen uncoupled. A spring lever or latch, K, is pivoted on thecross-piece of the fork F, at the base of the handle, and thisspring-latch lever has an end notch. The neck 0 is provided withdiametrically-opposite studs L, which are adapted to be passed into the.notch in the spring-latch lever K.

The operation is as follows: If two hose-sections are to be coupled, thetapering part of the neck 0 is passed into the socket B, the notchedends of the fork F are rested on the studs H, and the fork F is swung inthe direc tion of the arrow (1/, thereby drawing the socket B over theneck and pushing the neck into the socket. During this operation thelatch K has been at right angles to the handle G. When the two sectionsare coupled, the -latch-lever K is swung to be parallel with the handleG, and so that one of the studs L can pass into the notch in thelatch-lever K, thereby locking the lever in place, which in turnlocksthe fork in place, and thereby prevents accidental uncoupling. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A hose-coupling constructed with a fork unitedwithone hose-section by links, withits bifurcated end adapted to receivepins or studs, on the other hose-section, which-fork is pro vided with aspring-catch for locking the fork in place when the hose-sections arecoupled.

2. ln ahose'coupling, the combination, with the socket B, of the fork F,having notched ends, the links J, and the neck 0, having studs H,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. Inahose-coupling, the combination. with the socket B, of the links J,the fork F, the neck 0, having studs L, and the notched spring catch orlever K, pivoted on the fork F, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

sA UEL HAMER.

Vitnesses R. G. BADGER, SAML. H. HILL.

